Green is the Color Podcast

Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story How to get your tickets: [Click on dates to access Aladdin Theater’s ticket website for that showing] * Thursday June 4, 7:30 (VIP meet and greet at 5:30, with doors opening at 6:30) * Friday June 5, 7:30 (VIP meet and greet at 5:30, with doors opening at 6:30) More about the film here: Green Is the Color (Clyde Best Film) #RCTID This is a publ...

This episode features an NASL Timber (and former Whitecap) who is in four different soccer/sports Halls of Fame, including the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame: Dale Mitchell Save the Caps: Sign the Wall #RCTID This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features a Timbers defender who first played for the USL Timbers in 2012 and is now in his fourth seasons for the MLS side: Eric Miller This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

Clyde Best Documentary in Portland June 4 and 5, Aladdin Theater How to get your tickets: Ade will be in town with Clyde Best for these showings. [Click on dates to access Aladdin Theater’s ticket website for that showing] * Thursday June 4, 7:30 (VIP meet and greet at 5:30, with doors opening at 6:30) * Friday June 5, 7:30 (VIP meet and greet at 5:30, with doors opening at 6:30) More on Transform...

This episode features a SW Washington native who refereed his first professional match at Jeld-Wen in 2012 and, last season, his 300th at Providence Park: PRO Referee, Jeremy Hanson This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

Episode 65 was recorded live at the adidas Employee Store and features Mick Hoban, Scot Thompson, Liam Ridgewell, and Diego Valeri This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features a former OSU Beaver and Portland Pride player who is currently Oregon Youth Soccer Association's Executive Director: Simon Date Resources Mentioned: * TOPSoccer via Oregon Youth Soccer Association * Goal Lines Magazine This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features an original Timber who signed with the team after an open tryout and played the 1975 and 1976 seasons: Nick Nicolas This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features an American- and World-record holding Paralympian in the long jump and pole vault, respectively, who is the current Timbers Mental Performance Coach: Lacey Henderson This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features conversations about the recent international window with Equatorial Guinea defender Charles Ondo and US Youth International Sawyer Jura This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features conversations about the recent international window with Canadians Maxime Crépeau and Kamal Miller, Venezuelan Kevin Kelsy, and New Zealand International Finn Surman #RCTID This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

Episode 59 features an Olympia, Washington native who has won championships with the Sounders as both a player and a coach: Seattle Sounders FC Director of Goalkeeping: Tom Dutra This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

Join the Timbers Saturday August 16 for Diego Chará Bobblehead Night (click on picture for more information) #RCTID This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This podcast features a conversation with 7 guests as part of the INDUSTRY One Foundation’s 12th exhibition: GROUNDBREAKERS: Exploring Portland’s Impact on Global Soccer Culture. The exhibition runs through mid September at INDUSTRY One Foundation (415 SW 10th Avenue) in Portland. Below is a description of the exhibition from INDUSTRY One Foundation, and you can follow links throughout these notes...

This is a 2010 interview with one of the first NASL Timbers employees, who named the team and also helped University of Portland Soccer become an intercollegiate sport: PR Director Dennis O'Meara This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features the Portland Timbers General Manager from when professional soccer returned to Soccer City, USA in 2001: Jim Taylor This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This podcast features a conversation with the hosts of The Timber Review: Adam Susman and Adam Booker This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features the first homegrown NASL Timber, who went on to win 6 indoor championships before returning home with then-new franchise Portland Pride: Jim Gorsek This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode features a Portland native & NASL Timbers fan who followed the club through all iterations since, and was there from Day 1 of what the soccer world knows now as the Timbers Army: Nevets This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

This episode, recorded live at the Portland adidas Employee Store , features a conversation with Timbers head coach Phil Neville and forward Santiago Moreno This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

I’m excited to announce that I have two very special guests scheduled to appear for the milestone 50th episode of the Green Is the Color podcast: Phil Neville and Santiago Moreno from our 2025 Portland Timbers! And I want you to join us, in person, as we record live on Thursday March 27 at the Portland adidas Employee Store. It is a free event, but you do need to register because only the first 20...

This episode features one of the first Timbers signed when the club returned in 2001, a former UP Pilot who was taken by New England Revolution in the inaugural 1996 MLS Draft: Darren Sawatzky This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.substack.com

As I mentioned in Podcast Episode 46: Other Podcasts/Outlets, V.1 , I’ve been able to get to know some of the talented, passionate people at other outlets who work to bring us coverage of the Timbers and Thorns. Before and during the 2025 season, I’m going to have a few episodes where I talk to them and hopefully get to share what they and their work are about. This second episode of those feature...

Also, in Eric’s interview, he talks about when he wrote and performed a song that would not only outsell Paul McCartney & Wings in our local market but would also become the theme song of our podcast, “Green Is the Color.” Link to: The Bevy Cup website #RCTID This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greenisthecolor.su...